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ham, county Dublin. They bore the impress of a head, which 

 resembled that on a coin of Antiochus in his possession. They 

 were evidently of a great antiquity ; but he could not posi- 

 tively say whether they were coins of Antiochus or of one of 

 the Ptolemys. It was singular that they should have been 

 found at Kathfarnham, where several Koman coins had been 

 already discovered. They were every day finding antiquities 

 of Greece and Rome ; and notwithstanding what had trans- 

 pired respecting the coins found in the foundations of Mr. 

 Haliday's house, and those now in the possession of Mr. Cooke, 

 of Parsonstown, the two coins which he then exhibited, with 

 Mr. Glennon's permission, were in many respects singular and 

 worthy of consideration. 



Dr. Petrie remarked that the discovery of such coins at 

 Rathfarnham was a circumstance well worthy of attention. 

 At the last meeting but one of the Academy he commented 

 on the fact of Roman coins being occasionally found at that 

 place. Those exhibited by Sir William Betham were not Ro- 

 man ; they were actually Egyptian, and the eagle, indepen- 

 dently of the inscriptions, clearly showed that they were so. 

 It was strange that such coins should be found there; and if 

 established by sufficient authority — something more than mere 

 hearsay — it would be of the highest importance to have the 

 fact placed upon record. 



Sir William Betham said he knew nothing more of their 

 history than what he had stated ; but he had no doubt that, 

 if compared with the published coins of Egypt and Syria, 

 their precise character would be ascertained. The heads on 

 several of those coins were similar to these on the two which 

 he had exhibited. 



A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Glennon for having 

 allowed the coins to be exhibited to the Academy. 



Mr. Huband Smith next announced the donation of a large 



